From owner-freebsd-chat Thu Oct 5 0:44:25 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.org (lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A47C337B502 for ; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 00:44:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: from mustang.lariat.org (IDENT:ppp0.lariat.org@lariat.org [12.23.109.2]) by lariat.org (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id BAA11228; Thu, 5 Oct 2000 01:44:13 -0600 (MDT) Message-Id: <4.3.2.7.2.20001005013823.00c80840@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 4.3.2 Date: Thu, 05 Oct 2000 01:44:10 -0600 To: Alfred Perlstein From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: new netscape6 is awesome! Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20001004233628.X27736@fw.wintelcom.net> References: <4.3.2.7.2.20001005003157.00d4de80@localhost> <20001004232105.W27736@fw.wintelcom.net> <4.3.2.7.2.20001005003157.00d4de80@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org At 12:36 AM 10/5/2000, Alfred Perlstein wrote: >Urm? What port/subnet do i need to block? The earlier versions for Linux complained if they couldn't "phone home" to Netscape every now and then; newer versions are probably no different. When you first start the browser up, it tries to signal Netscape/AOL that you've installed it by hitting a particular page on their site. It also gets a permanent ID cookie that identifies you to Mr. Steve Case and his minions (Do I sound cynical tonight? Maybe it's because I am....) whenever you visit a site within his empire. The "What's Related" feature snitches on your browsing habits, as does the "SmartDownload" feature. So, disconnect the machine from the Net until you've turned these things off and reset the start page to something other than Netscape's. If you have a packet sniffer, you might want to watch for other spying activity and block the relevant addresses. --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message